no one and nothing can break through

[predecir]

[Well! That sure did happen!

Bruno does not organize an afterparty. He's not a party organizer in general - that was Wu. But he knows he was completely useless, if not downright actively unhelpful, during that whole thing, and he already feels guilty enough. He has to be useful somehow. Otherwise, why's he even here? 

So, before everyone can leave the teleportation circle in the dining room and all go their own separate ways, Bruno mumbles something about making food and takes off for the kitchen. He'll be there for a couple of hours, whipping up some quick chicken sancocho, with Olive on rice duty. Azul can be in charge of actually grabbing people and bringing them in - god forbid Bruno do anything like that - but if anyone does happen to be there to take one, he'll make them up a bowl. Otherwise, he's just gonna leave it all warming on the stove. 

There's also some arroz con leche simmering for later, if anybody wants dessert! He'll put cinnamon in it, and then add some hot chocolate to the lineup as well. He's no Julieta, of course, but at least he's made something? It's not enough, but it's...something.]

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[encelevenemus]

[Somnus did make an appearance in the dining hall, but it's more like he just didn't really leave. After teleporting back he simply took up a spot on the wall to lean against, folding his arms and waiting to be sure the others all returned as well.]

[And then he just sort of stayed there a while.]

[...Not like there was much else he had to do.]

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

[Mei comes in, nervous and looking around. She did bring another bag of coffee grounds and a box of Bearies, which she sets down sadly in the kitchen. If you're in there, she'll nod to you.]

I thought it might help.

[In the Great Hall, she's taken some of the food, but a regular amount instead of a tower of it, and she stirs the soup with a sigh.]

Do you think he meant it?

[predecir]

[You can, of course, find Bruno working in the kitchen! He's seemed to enjoy past cooking attempts, but this does not look at all peaceful. He fidgets and knocks variously on cabinets and countertops whenever his hands aren't busy, and he seems vaguely distressed to see, well, anyone.]

Sorry, I don't know if this'll be any good. I don't have a lot of the ingredients, and I was never really that good of a cook anyway...

[After the food's all done, Bruno takes off without touching any of it. You can find him in what's become a regular spot: hiding scrunched into the tiny space behind that one shelf in the storage room. He's curled up on the ground, holding Rosa to his chest with one hand and pressing the other to his mouth in a fist. His shoulders are shaking, and there's tears running freely down his face, but he cries without making a single sound. After all - he's had years of practice.]

[cuttingremark]

[Loki, supported in part by Baldr, makes it as far as the closest bench and collapses. He wants to go sleep in private, but no where here is really private and the dorms are all the way up the stairs, so here is where he'll stay. Offerings of food would be much appreciated.]

[sunshade]

[ yeah Patchouli is passed the fuck out on a bench in the great hall. She'll stir if someone tries to rouse her, mumbling something about food and conserving energy, but she's exhausted right now.

Later, once she's actually conscious, she can be found (literally) hovering in the kitchen and sleepily eating plain rice out of a bowl. ]

[pegasinister]

[Bert isn't here right away, slinking off for an hour or so to do Stuff.

actually tending to his wounds in the orange dorms, if anyone wants to catch him

But he comes back eventually since it seems people are gathering. After everyone that's going to eat does he even takes some of the food... it's likely not poisoned at this point.

After that he's works on his notes here in the open- they're still ciphered so no need to be sneaky about it.]

[arsholes]

[Two very important things for the remaining 18 apprentices:

1) In the dining hall there two trays of the same hors d'oeuvres Wu had ordered for the slumber party, along with four bottles of complimentary Rockport Signature(tm) white wine. It's not enough to actually fill people up but they're a good start for empty stomachs. With these gifts is a cardstock note with the Fantasy Costco logo embossed on the front:

"My condolences. - xoxo Garfield"

and 2) the library is clean as it ever was. Not a hint of blood or spilled wine or even disturbed books outside of the book fort.]

[nomansbosom]

[Finn can be found in the library. There's a few crumpled up balls of parchment on one table- checking them will reveal a few attempted lists of Library Rules in less than stellar handwriting, most of them scratched out before the paper was scrapped.]

[Finn himself is just draped across the non-cursed chair, legs hanging off one arm, head off the other, just kind of glaring up at the ceiling.]

...That was pretty lumped up.

[strongestfeelings]

[Stella does not stay in the great hall. As soon as she takes the teleportation spell there, she closes her eyes, and teleports to just about the only place in the entire tower that doesn't hold painful memories of Wu.

She can be found hunkered down in the music room, tucked into a corner not immediately visible, beside a bookshelf. She's tempted to knock the bookshelf down. She's tempted to smash all the instruments. But she's too tired right now. The only indicator that she's there is the floating orb of light beside her, small and flickering, but enough to keep the dark away.

She doesn't cry. She can't cry. She won't cry. She just sits, and sulks, and wishes she had enough magic left in her body to vanish.]

[twibeast]

[ Normally when food is involved Orthrus is there, lickity split. And while he does intend later to go partake and makes rounds to see how people are doing he has something else to do first.

He goes and fetches a harp from the music room that he had played with earlier when he was keeping an eye on Bryn and takes it with him to the library, relieved when he finds it cleaned up like nothing had happened. He sets himself up close to where the body had been found, and begins to play.

Back in Rhearth it was commonly believed that departed souls often linger for a while, usually in the spot where they died or around loved ones or cherished objects. And that, for some time at least, they can still hear you - maybe even talk to you, if you were born with the right gifts.

And well... Wu had wanted a concert. ]

[cakerights]

[Red Velvet remains in the Great Hall. He is, quite plainly, too tired to ascend the stairs to the library back to his fort. So he just finds a chair.

He passes on the chicken dish, but when the arroz con leche is ready, he will happily partake!]

Urf. Exhausting day...

[squidproquos]

[ Azul doesn't so much as wrangle everybody as just sending a little enchanted paper airplane out to let people know of the get together.

He sits at one of the Great Hall tables with a notebook, taking down notes and keeping to himself for the most part. He's not really ready to eat right now, but he does at least have some water.

Later on, you can find him wandering around the halls. He doesn't know what to do right now, but moving around beats sitting around. ]

[spitessier]

[Well that was a trial.

Katsuya left the trial room exhausted -- fighting Jasper is pretty tiring. Once he gets to the floor with the bedrooms, his stride trembles for once, but he manages to hold it together for around four feet more.

Then he stops and leans against the wall. That was...really...really exhausting, for emotional reasons too.

For a long while, Katsuya is there, against a wall, staring at nothingness. He probably won't go to the afterparty]

[rikonstructed]

[For a while Nuadha is just settled in a corner of the kitchen, looking even less sociable than usual. He's propping up a wall and eating his soup in peace, watching the food preparation, although he won't bite if anyone needs something.

When he's recovered enough energy he'll be wandering the Great Hall a little restlessly. If he sees someone without food he might push a cup of tea or hot chocolate at them without any further explanation.]

Here.

[reresurrected]

[Baldr's a whirlwind of motion almost as soon as they make it back to the great hall, because after the events of the day standing around and doing nothing only serves to make him feel even more useless than usual. Most of the time he can be found in the kitchen helping with the food and brewing copious amounts of tea-- should anyone wander in while he's doing so, he'll be quick to offer them some of each.

That accomplished, he heads out armed with cups of tea with honey and some bowls of the sancocho to make sure that everyone who wants some is fed and hydrated... and also maybe just to check in on people and see how they're doing after all of that. (In all honesty, it's as much for his own sake as it is for theirs...)]

[draconite]

[ The moment the teleportation spell sets them down, Bryn breaks away from the group, striding off with her head held high in case anyone gets any funny ideas about trying to stop her. She's got the same sinking feeling in her stomach she did on Tuesday – that she's made some horrible misstep and right now, she doesn't feel like being subject to a lecture or an interrogation. Or whatever her little display in the courtroom might have earned her.

To start with, she makes her way to the storage room. Her throat is still raw from, you know, spitting fire at Hubert so she wants something to soothe it. Water would be best, but she has absolutely zero desire to hang around the others right now. Unfortunately, all she's able to find is candy and dry snacks, so her valiant quest to sulk in private is already hitting a roadblock. ]

What good is a room like this if there's nothing at all to drink...?!

[ Conceding defeat, Bryn eventually drags herself back to the dining room just in time for food and drinks to be coming out. She drains an entire mug of hot chocolate in almost one go, then sits herself down to chug a whole jar of water and sip cautiously at a bowl of sanocho. Maybe it's kind of tactless to be eating food from the guy she tried to kill this week, but she's hungry and she has no illusions of being able to make a decent meal herself, so here we are.

When she's finally full, Bryn slinks off to the library. She's not entirely sure why – or what she's expecting to find – but when she gets there and sees just how neat and tidy things are, she stops still in the doorway and finds herself feeling strangely sick all over again. ]

... It's almost like he was never here to begin with.